18 February 2014

Microsoft Has Lost, Google Has Won

If, only if, Microsoft had concentrated its efforts on maintaining and improving a legacy Windows 7 type of PC business, while building cloud-centric applications and services, and a cross-platform browser, instead trying to compete (and losing tons of money) on mobile and tablet/PC hardware and a loser phone OS --Microsoft’s Stakes in the Battle for Handsets - NYTimes.com: "“Google has won,” said Nicholas Economides, an economics professor at the Stern School of Business of New York University, and currently a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley who specializes in network economics and electronic commerce. “We’re in a world where the biggest market share by far is Android. And the second-biggest is Apple. Then, way behind, is Microsoft. What’s in this game for Microsoft?”"Microsoft v Microsoft | stratēchery by Ben Thompson: " . . . . a “Services and Devices” strategy is fundamentally flawed. Either be everywhere with your services, or differentiate your devices...."

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